Month: August 2026

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Summer Paintings

Here we are in mid-August — lots of sunny weather and poofy clouds inspiring me to paint the beach! Here are my latests works…

I’m preparing for this Friday (Aug 21st) evening at Ombeline Alley (next to La Coast Restaurant) in Shediac from 6:30 to 9pm!! Also known as “Artist’s Alley”, this is a new initiative (as far as I know…) where artists can show their work every Friday evening, weather depending, of course!

Since I’m going to display my work in Shediac, I decided to do a couple of small 5x 7″ paintings of Parlee Beach:

And this one is of our beach in Cap-Pele at high tide… I wanted to do a fairly simple beach landscape to share with my workshop students next Wednesday evening at Le Hub! I’ll be teaching basic watercolour techniques for the first hour, then we’ll do a simple beach scene in the second hour of the workshop.

Hope you’re all enjoying your summer!

Jeannie

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My “Big Project”

Hi! It’s time to show you my “big project” — 2 large paintings, 25 x 37 inches, of the lighthouse and a little church on Miscou Island. They were a commission so I wanted her to see them first, of course. I delivered them this past weekend and she LOVED them!

Painting this large was a new experience for me — I’d only painted up to 9 x 12 inches before. That meant new paper (a 46 inch wide roll, 10 yards long!), bigger brushes, a larger surface to work on, and learning how to stretch a large piece of watercolour paper! Hint: it involves soaking the paper in the tub then taping it down with special tape onto a wood surface!!

So, needless to say, I’m really happy that my customer was pleased with my work! Of course, the paintings were too large to fit into my scanner, so I took photos of the final paintings (unframed) to share with you. I can’t wait to see how they look once they’re framed and hanging in her home!!

Miscou Lighthouse
Saint John’s United Church, Miscou Light, NB